Charlie Austin
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[Walter Soyka] “FCPX is the only one from the A’s without some kind of first-party collaboration feature at this point.”
I may be wrong, but aren’t all these set up just to share projects? Analogous to FCP X editors being able to work from a shared Event. Can MC/CC (or other NLE) editors work on the same sequence simultaneously?
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[Mark Snow] “the choice for having tracks with classic timeline-behaviour “
I think that is unlikely. Not to say there won’t be some improvements to control of visual timeline organization, but traditional “tracks” aren’t coming back to X.
[Mark Snow] “and “normal” Project management “
Define “normal”. 🙂 Again, I think there will be improvement/enhancement but at it’s core, it is what it is. You can already do all your cuts in CC’s in the Event if you want. Maybe they’ll add the ability to open multiple floating event library and timeline windows if you need them…
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[Aindreas Gallagher] “but the degree to which people can now casually describe the multitude of live software editing reactions to any editor’s action in the X timeline is weirdly interesting. It’s awfully new.”
lol… X does do some interesting things, which can be very disconcerting if you don’t expect it. Like dragging an I or O point on a connected clip, and clips all over the timeline move out of the way in preparation… even if you’re not extending the clip into their space. Release the edit point, and they all drop back into place. 🙂 However, my favorite undocumented “feature” (next to the secret ~ lock combo) is with clip skimming…
When skimming a clip, if you use the arrow keys (or a scroll wheel mapped to L/R arrow) skim to the end of the clip in the timeline… you can keep skimming past the end into the next clip (or into empty space). Try it! 🙂
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[Lance Bachelder] “I haven’t really cut in 7 for almost 2 years now but there is no comparison with CC and 7 as far as speed goes. One is 64 bit and uses the GPU brilliantly and the other… well :(“
Oh most definitely. Pr CC is very nice. Fast, responsive, etc. But still… those awful tracks just get in my way… 😉
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[Steve Connor] “Don’t you mean Final Cut Pro XXX?”
I’m pretty sure that’s the big surprise apple has in store for the next release!
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[Lance Bachelder] “Thus far there have been no Oscar or Emmy winning shows cut “trackless” while FCP legacy has a stellar lineage of both. In fact one of the more famous FCP duo’s, the Coen’s, have remained track based via Premiere CC. “
That’s sort of a silly line of reasoning Lance. And my guess would be that the Coen’s moved to Pr simply because it’s so similar to FCP “classic”. Very little learning curve, so no slowing down. Especially if they had started the cut in FCP. Anyway, they’re starting to cut porn in X now, (found by Shane Ross via Alex 4D) so it’s only a matter of time before it becomes the new standard bearer. 😀
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[Lance Bachelder] “it’s actually editing that’s the worst feature of all lol.”
Funny, but cutting in 7 this week makes me feel exactly the opposite way. I spend so much time “setting up” for every cut… It drives me nuts. 🙂
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[Jeremy Garchow] “X has all of this, too, it just works differently and most of the time, the relationships are defined in a different way than tracks and time. Secondary storylines are tracks, they just don’t extend from frame zero to frame end. This is a big difference. Once you learn that you are working (vertically) on sections of the video you start to understand how X works up and down, left and right. Once you understand how the timeline moves, you start to understand how powerful (and fast) it can be.”
Yep. Cutting in X, for me, has been an ongoing process of “discovery” for lack of a better word. Started out trying to emulate track based cutting using only connected clips. It was clunky… Then dove into the primary cautiously… better. (Love popping in and out for tweaks btw). Then started using secondaries, clumsily at first until I figured out how best to use ’em. Now, it’s all second nature… except for the things I keep “discovering”. There is a lot. 🙂 I have no problems with clips “unexpectedly” moving, because I know what they’re going to do and work accordingly. I do wish there was an option key to paste a clip, specifically video, on top of other connected clips… It used to, but they changed the behavior in .06… that’s a little frustrating.
There’s certainly room for improvement, but I’m working in FCP 7 this week and it’s… frustrating. 😉
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[David Lawrence] “Back to CS6 until Adobe management comes to their senses. I can wait.”
I really hope you’re not holding your breath or anything… 😉
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[Steve Connor] “but Adobe have certainly made progress with it and I can see it as a viable alternative for those who, for whatever reason, can’t work with FCPX and need to move on from FCP7.”
Definitely. If one prefers a track based NLE and they’re coming from FCP “classic”, Pr is probably the best choice. FWIW, I don’t dislike Pr, it just drives me crazy cutting in it. As does FCP 7. 😉
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